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Hi Simone. Nice to meet you. I'm based on the other side of the world in southern Africa, but have connections in Hong Kong.

Hi Everyone!!
My name is Nikhil Kumar. I am from India. Currently, I am pursuing MA in Development Management from Madras School of Social Work. As we know that it is very difficult to run any organization without funding so I want to learn this fundraising through this course. So that in the future I can give my best by working for any development organization.

Hello everyone, I am Chris from Texas, USA. I am here to learn how to engage and get active, sustainable responsiveness from donors. There are many social issues to be tackled in our current state of the world, and I want to do my part to try and solve them.

That's awesome that you have devoted your life and education to social causes. I hope we can all get the most out of this course. Good Luck!

Helo! My name is Claudete, I am a lawyer and for 6 years I have been raising funds for the Social Projects of the NGO Cepac in São Paulo/ Brazil. I'm super excited to learn more about fundraising, especially fundraising with individuals. Thanks for the opportunity. Let's go there.

Hi Everyone!!
My name is Nikhil Kumar. Currently I am pursuing M.A. in Development Management from Madras School of Social Work. I want to learn this course because in future I want to raise fund for any organization where I will work in future and for my own organization if I will establish.

Hi every one. my name is Obwala Leo. I work with SOS Childrens' Villages Uganda as a program officer. I am intrested in this course because I belive it will help be gain practical skills in fundrasising that will that I will apply in my organization.

Hello everyone! my name is BENJAMIN from DR Congo and I am one of the founders of ADCi ngo. The pleasure is all mine to be learning with you guys.

Hi! My name is Paolo in Ohio. My expertise is in Education organization policy and administration as well as public sector administration and leadership. I have an MPA, and an always interested in learning new things. In particular I would like to increase my understanding of fundraising, as this will likely be a useful skill as I'm looking to transition into new employment.

Hello everyone, My name is Christi Quinn and I am joining you all from Birmingham, England. I'm here as I have just started working in Fundraising and would like to broaden my knowledge and skills.

Hello, I'm Marcos, a agribusiness management student in Brazil, searching for more knowledge and experience to broaden my professional capabilities so I can offer the best assistance to farmers and homesteaders in my region.
I believe fundraising is a fundamental skill to forward agricultural projects and a amazing skillset on how to deliver proposals to investors.
I'm excited to understand the fundamentals of this subject that is poorly disclosed in management courses in Brazil.

Hi my name is Ana Reynoso from Mexico City. With more than 12 years of experience in the Federal Public Administration and Government Management and over 18 years working with different organizations. My professional career is focused on Strategic Planning, Program Coordination, Training and Professionalization of Public Servants, as well as in the design and evaluation of Public Policies with National and International NGO’s for the attention of vulnerable groups focused on the areas of migration, ethnic and cultural diversity, gender, culture of crime prevention, alternative means of conflict resolution and youth programs for social reintegration through sports and environmental strategies.

Although I’ve worked with several organizations as part of their field – program managers, I don’t have much experience in fundraising and I believe it is crucial for organization management,
My main goal is to learn about fundraising because I want to start my own organization and will need fundraising strategies to identify potential donors and for program implementation.

I’m excited about acquiring tools to help me implement successful fundraising strategies that allow me to reach and serve a greater (larger) population in vulnerable situations.

I am Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, CEO of Somali Disability Welfare. I joined this course to get a basic knowledge of fundraising and it is an interesting experience.

I am Abdulkadir Mohamed from Somalia

Hello! I'm Bekka Austin, a nonprofit professional with 7+ years experience, specializing in direct response fundraising, communications, and individual giving. I currently work at Homage Senior Services as the Donor Relations and Communications Manger. I'm interested in this course to brush up on the basics and add a certificate of achievement to my resume.

Good day,

My name is Rick Wijngaarden. In 2015 I emigrated from Holland to The Gambia. Currently active in the Health Care, IT and Agriculture sector.

Most profit from my company is directed to my NGO to help IT and Medical Students, Farmers and supporting the most poor with basic needs.

Since the Corona outbreak I faced a major increase in help requests which is already exceeding my budget.

I have high hopes a fund raising course will extend my financial NGO capabilities to keep at least my (new) projects up and running.

Regards,

Rick

Hello everyone! I am Jordan Cortez from Philippines. Currently working as a College Instructor at the same time an active member of an NGO. I am eager to learn fundraising strategies and meet new people here shared with same interests and passion.

Hello everyone! I am Jordan Cortez from Philippines. Currently working as a College Instructor at the same time an active member of an NGO.

Hi everyone. My name is Asmau Durnin, I co-founded a development agency called Polished Arrows Development Initiative (PolAr) to empower actors in the IDP rehabilitation field in Nigeria. I am taking this course to improve my fundraising skills as a key part of PolAr's work is galvanising grants for NGOs and CBOs working with IDPs.

Hello Everyone, My name is Michael Ngati from Kenya. I am a freelance writer and youth volunteer in my country. I am happy to be here and willing to take this course so that I may get the funding tactics that will network me with donors who will help me alleviate poverty in my country. I greatly like helping the needy children by making sure they have access to their basic needs.

Hi my name is Raymond NGUYEN from Vietnam, I study in France and lived for 40 years and now back to my mother country. I am CFO of social enterprise KOTO and I would like to do the best to support young people in food rescue, education , to give them chance to learn and have good life. I am eager to learn everyday and thanks to Philanthropy University and the Internet system to give this chance. Use your time to learn for your self and no cost !

Hello Team,
My name is Matthew Matacho, I'm from Kenya. Am a credit analysis individual, researcher and policy enthusiast.

Hi Everyone here! My name is Mercedes i live in Buenos Aires, Argentina and this year istarted working for Fundación Multipolar. I'm trying to give my best to the foundation so i'm enrolling in different courses to learn more.

My name is James Jumah from Mombasa City in Kenya - East Africa. I am in the Recreation & Leisure Industry (sports, fitness, wellness, entertainment, Hotel animation...) currently working with Sarova Hotels at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa.
I am so excited to be pursuing this course "Introduction to Fundraising" as a personal growth initiative towards creating Social Enterprise that will both benefit the society and myself.

My name is Epaphras Ndikumana. I am an Eng. Agronomist working in a coffee company that helps the communities to realize their potential through the world class coffee, as a social and invironmental impact manager. My role is to design and coordinate social and environmental projects for the communities. This is why I would love to learn how to identify funders for the projects designed.
The goal is to get able to identify funders and know the words to use to attarct them and i am very excited to learn the mythes in this matter.

Hello team,my name is Maiko Mtembo,l am Tanzanian,l am project supervisor,l have Bsc with Education experienced on supervision of training based projects.This course will much help me in fund raising programs of our NGO which is fighting against malnutrition in marginalized poor families in rural areas.

Hello Everyone, my name is Thula and I work in Seychelles and am interested in learning how to raise funds in the context of an upper middle to high income level country. My field of work is in public health.

I am so excited that this valuable course is free. How amazing is this! I feel really privileged to be able to join you all in this learning journey. Thank you.

Hello everyone. I'm Otieno from Tanzania. Looking forward to master fundraising skills and make active fundraising networks.

This is very interesting subject. Looking forward to master it.

Thank you for the introduction.

Hello everyone,
It's really exciting to be in this course. My name is Gladys Amiandamhen, a resource mobilization and partnership engagement specialist. And I am looking forward to learn new strategies to fundraising and donor engagement; as well as crowdfunding drives to fundraising. I also look forward to meeting like mind and making new contacts that will expand on my knowledge base and form a network too.
Let's do this. Thanks.

Hello Everyone, My name is Cassimo Gulamo from Mozambique. I am Public Partnership and Resource Mobilization at SODEIT. I'm ready to lean and apply the knowledge and skill obtained from this course.

Hi Nikhil. Nice to meet you

Greetings, same here.

Hi all,
My name is Tuwuyor G. Belleh from Liberia, employed with a NGO on humanitarian activities.
I am excited to form part of this community of learners to acquire the best possible knowledge in this course. It is my expectation to make use of this learning and apply it to the community especially from where my Country whose poverty rate is high. I do believe that by learning this course I may be able to create my own(if not with others) non-profit making organization to help fight in the reduction of poverty and bring basic life to under deserved population.
Thanks

Hello, I am Adewale Bakare from Kano, Nigeria. I am an Independent Researcher that is developing our next UN System for addressing our multiple, and complex global problems. I am so delighted to part of this course as fund raising is a vital part of transforming ideas into reality.

Hi Everyone!

My name is Mahmoud Hassan from Egypt, Academic lecturer & entrepreneur focus in ICT industry, I'm currently work to raising fund for Telecom mega projects around the world, I take fast review of The art of fundraising book and found interesting topics but it's a great chance to join this course and I trust that it will be helpful for me to build knowledge base about fundraising.

I'll be so glad to join discussion and exchange information during study period.

Sincerely,

Hi everyone. I am glad to join this community.

Hello Everyone,
I am Marta, from Italy. I work in Academia, conducting research about present and past human activities, and material culture and I want to transit towards the humanitarian field.
I am here to learn more about fundraising, hoping to be able to apply this new skill to my ‘new job’ very soon.

Hello Everyone. My name is Shahryar from Tehran, Iran. I am a social policy maker in Iran with about 12 years of working experience in the welfare sectors. Nowadays, I am working at the Social Insurance Fund for Farmers, Rural Residents and Nomads that is responsible for providing social insurance services for people living in Iran's rural areas. Besides, I am a PhD student of polic policy. I am taking this course to become familiar with the concept of fund raising.

Hello good day to everyone, I'm Zion David Eko from Nigeria. I reside in the federal capital Abuja. Am new here a student of fundraising course. I am ready to learn and also to impact our society in any way i can do so.

My name is Sanatbek. I am from Uzbekistan. I am the founder of the Young Volunteers Academy in Uzbekistan, a non-governmental educational institution, and the Golden Wing volunteer organization. I am a volunteer. I am very happy to have found this course that was most interesting and rewarding for me.

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My main goal is to meet you. I am ready to answer any questions. Let's be friends with you if possible!

Hi everyone! I am Charles Mekwi from Cameroon. Currently serving as Project Assistant Intern with GIZ under the programme Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA). I am delighted to be learning fundraising to master some of the key terminologies used in this sector. Looking forward to successful interaction with you all. Thanks

Hello, this is Sourav Saha from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I am working in the non profit sector with an NGO. My core working area is Youth Development in Bangladesh through capacity building and mobilizing them in community development. I'm Delighted to be here, willing to learn, share ideas, apply those ideas in my Fundraising Course learning Process which indeed will help me grow in my workplace with an increase in the quality of my work.

Hello my Name is Allan Milanzi, residing in Malawi and am working with The Department of Disaster Management Affairs as an intern in disaster risk management for resilience project. Am so keen to have deep knowledge of fundraising because I believe oneday I will manage an organization.

Hello my Name is Allan Milanzi, residing in Malawi and am working with The Department of Disaster Management Affairs as an intern in disaster risk management for resilience project. Am so keen to have deep knowledge of fundraising because I believe oneday I will manage an organization.

Hello, I am Mirza Rizwan Baig from Pakistan and working with a charitable organization. I am happy to be a part of this course. My aim to learn the dynamics of fundraising and improve my skills in fundraising. I hope this course will also cover the topics, how to prospecting, asking and stewardship as well as how to build relationship, retention of the donors (individuals/corporations/trusts/funding agencies). Finally, how to make strategies according to any organizational vision and mission.

Am Jacqueline Mwaniki from Nairobi Kenya working in an NGO that looks into ending sexual and gender base violence.
Working in the field of training boys and girls empowerment skills, it requires resources. I intend to acquire knowledge and boarder understanding of the funding world and how best to identify and make an approach to donors for program implementation.
Excited to learn the best ways and language for fundraising.

My name is Happy Assan.
I am from Tanzania.
I work with a network of people who use drugs
And I am the director.
I am very interested to learn on how to raise funds so I can be able to serve my community more and have lots of branches in every region of our country where drug using is going on.

Hello Everyone, My name is Aliyu Sani from Nigeria, Planning Officer/Systems Analyst and M&E Advisor. I'm excited to join you on this journey to becoming a Fundraising expert. My expectation is to learn the rudiments involved in the topic and also devise strategies to identify potential donors for a particular project and how to make an approach.

My name is DEBORAH PETER
From NIGERIA

Hi, Tobi Aminu from Nigeria. I am interested in how to raise fund for Projects. I will be glad to learn with this community.

My name is JIBU KASHENGULA Jean Claude from Democratic Republic of the Congo

These myths are great!

Hi, my name is Verónica Osinski, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I work in environmental consultancy, looking to shift to a different kind of career.
Through this course I hope to get introduced to the basics of philanthropy and hopefully it's the start to a career in this field.

Hello from the Philippines! I'm Mika. My experience & interests lie in tourism, conservation, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable development. During this pandemic, I saw a great need in organizations I follow/admire for funding in order to help address many social & environmental issues, and some great yet basic needs of many communities-- all of which have been highlighted and worsened by these times, especially locally.

I have some experience in fundraising but would love to learn more so I can confidently step into the field of development and humanitarian work. I'm excited to know the strategies I can utilize to be able to positively contribute to the organization/s & communities I'll serve.

@razibaig76 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising:

Hello, I am Mirza Rizwan Baig from Pakistan and working with a charitable organization. I am happy to be a part of this course. My aim to learn the dynamics of fundraising and improve my skills in fundraising. I hope this course will also cover the topics, how to prospecting, asking and stewardship as well as how to build relationship, retention of the donors (individuals/corporations/trusts/funding agencies). Finally, how to make strategies according to any organizational vision and mission.

Hi there! I agree-- learning about the retention of donors is important in order to sustain non-profit projects and organizations themselves, in any field. I hope to learn about this too.

@VeronicaOsi said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising:

Hi, my name is Verónica Osinski, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I work in environmental consultancy, looking to shift to a different kind of career.
Through this course I hope to get introduced to the basics of philanthropy and hopefully it's the start to a career in this field.

Hi Verónica! Nice to meet you. Like you, I'm looking into "shifting" to a different career, albeit still with the same overall goal of making positive social & environmental impact. :)

Hello everyone, my name is Alondra Caraballo Franco and I am from Puerto Rico. He collaborated with CienciaPR through the Americorps VISTA program. One of the tasks I have to do is fundraising, so this course is relevant.

Hello everyone, my name is Alondra Caraballo Franco and I am from Puerto Rico. He collaborated with CienciaPR through the Americorps VISTA program. One of the tasks I have to do is fundraising, so this course is relevant.

Hi everyone,
I am franklin from Nigeria, I'm excited to learn the fundamentals of fundraising to upskill myself in preparation for my next role in as a project manager I look forward to our discussions and learning about your experiences!

Hi Everyone,
My name is Darkn joining from Bangladesh. I am currently a student
My goals for the course are to get first and in depth knowledge on fundraising
I am most excited to learn this because it will increase my viability for potential fundraising work.

Hello All,
I'm Yao, a writer and development/humanitarian worker from the DR Congo. Most of my NGO experience had been in Comms & Info, which I consider a firm base for fundraising (and advocacy). I'm aiming to grow, having dabbled with fundraising at the local level as an Officer. I'm excited about the whole course: everything!

Hello everyone!
My name is Koffi Kouame. I am from Ivory Coast.
I am Co-founder and Vice-President of e-Care Afrik Foundation whose aim is to provide access to health care for vulnerable populations across the Africa, promote education and training based on the needs of the labour market, contribute to the protection of the environment and promote renewable energies in order to ensure inclusive, equitable and sustainable human development in Africa through the implementation of artificial intelligence.
I am really interested in this course because our Foundation is prjects based in order to make impact and we need supports from donors to finance the various projects we are working out. I am also preparing a masters in Project management and i assume taking this course is actually an asset.
I am very happy to be part of this exciting journey!

Hi, Koffi! It's a pleasure being on this course with you. Best of luck!

Hello, Darkn! It's a pleasure being on this course with you. Best of luck!

Hey there my name is Magaiwa Dancan ready to take the course Introduction to fundraising. it is great learning about the common myths of fundraising

great doing the course with you sir

Hi everyone,
I'm Doaa A. AbuShammmala, I'm from Gaza- Palestine, I'm a project coordinator at a Rowad Association for society Development, I sought this course to get the needed knowledge to specialize in working in fundraising department at my work.

Hello! My name is Rachel, I'm from Canada and I'm a Donor Relations Intern for Little Footprints Big Steps. My goals for this course are to learn more about effective fundraising and I can't wait to learn strategies to assist my organization in creating and running fundraising campaigns!

Hello! Your organization sounds really cool, best of luck with the course!

Hello! That sounds like a really important and noble cause, best of luck with the course!

Hello everybody.
I am Ahmed Al-Qadhi from Yemen. I am founder of Support Yemeni Society Organization for Development SYS. The main goals for joining this course are as follows:

• To understand the world of fundraising
• To understand how to reach the donors.
• To use the gained knowledge in my organization.
  I am planning to use this knowledge in the upcoming fundraising campaigns such as GivingTuesday.
  The most excited to learn is how to leverage the people and resources in my community effectively.

Hello Dooaa. I am so happy to see you here.
Ahmed/Yemen

Hello Rachel. This is Ahmed from Yemen.

Hello Everyone, My name is Hytham from Yemen , MEAL Manager r... I'm Delighted to be here, willing to learn, share ideas, apply those ideas in my Fundraising Course learning Process.

Greetings all, I'm Jeff. Hoping to get some actionable information from this course

My name is Lydiah Aswani from Kenya. Am a football coach, fitness trainer and a mentor to young people in my community. Am very excited to be on this platform and am looking forward to making friends along the way. In two weeks time I will be launching my community initiative and I feel that this is a golden opportunity for me to learn all about fundraising for my newly project. My project is about creating safe spaces for young people in my community to be able to express themselves and be heard through jump rope activities.

Hi Joy, I hope you learn all what you need for you funraising. I am also an activist in my country against corruption.

Hello I am Juanita from Mexico I work in a Beautiful archaeological site called Teotihuacan, I want to fundraising to protect and preserve the place for future generaciones and help the communities nearby the area. I am very excite about Learning about this course.

Hi Koffi your project sound great!, I Wish Lots of success.

Hello,
This is Younten from Bhutan, working as Program Coordinator with WWF, a conservation INGO

Hi there, my name is Breezy and I work for The Wild Animal Sanctuary. I am looking forward to learning more about fundraising for a non-profit.

Hi everyone, my name is Rosalia, from Nairobi, Kenya. I am the CEO of a media association in Kenya, leading in championing for professionalism and excellence in journalism. We do so through training and advocating for policy for a conducive working environment for editors and journalists.

Great meeting all of you and happy to see members working in different sectors to impact the next generation and make the world a better place.

Hi Everyone,
My name is Arkar Moe.
My goals for the course are to get first and in depth knowledge on fundraising in Cooperate institution. I plan to apply it in a pool of fundraising my Organization undertake and solicit/ designate potential staff to act.
I am most excited to learn this because it will increase my viability for potential fundraising work relating to my job and organization.

Hi to every one! I am Shukrani Mangasini Tanzanian 28 years old, Human Resource Manager as for now manages my organization know as Kizazi Bora Kijacho located Mbozi district Songwe region Tanzania(rular area located) helping opharns young people to get their needs and wants

Hi Everyone,
My name is Estela. I am from Nicaragua. I´m working in a non-governmental organization, I will like to know tools and estrategies for how to approach a donor and have good relationship long term.

Hello Everyone I am Christina. I am from the US (Texas, to be exact)! I own and operate Happy Hooves Farm & Rescue. My goals for this course are to learn more about "Fundraising", so that I may apply what I've learned to our current fundraising efforts. I am most excited about just learning something new (in general).

I'm Peter Gakuo. I'm interested in learning about Fund raising.

Hello everyone . My name is ndeye seynabou gueye I am Senegalese. Recently I worked in a project. I participated in the development, drafting of the project and the preparation of the budget. With this course on Intro to Fundraising I will get an idea about fundraising and in the future prepare to fundraise to implement projects.

Hello, everyone! nice to meet you all. Greetings from Pakistan. My name is Mahad Baig Mirza. I am a Business administration graduate with specialization in Marketing. I have a great passion and dream for making my own Non-profit organization for helping the people with mental disabilities and facing other fatal ailments. I carry out charity and donation informally and on my own with the help of my few friends. I have a dream to do it on a global scale. Through this course, I will be able to learn formal methods, procedures and a lot of awareness related to fundraising, different fundraising strategies and how to reach potential donor in depth. I hope to develop networking with all of you . Together we can make the world a better place. All the best.

I am Célestin and I live in Cameroon of which I am a citizen. I am very involved in the G90 which is thealumni Association of my high school where I stayed from 1992 to 1999. Our ambition is to carry out at least one community interest project each year. I think this course will be very important for my future, firstly because I am a marketing specialist and also because I will increase my investment in associations.

Hi Everyone,
My name is Yesenia Sánchez C. joining from Colombia and works in the university in the area advanced biomaterials in health.

My goal in taking this course is to learn about how to raise funds, as I want to become independent and work on education projects in the vulnerable population of my country.

Hi everyone. Moses Mora here, I am taking this course as part of the wider Fundraising specialization. I am part of several social enterprises where i realise the need for effective fundraising so I am upping my skills in that area. I look forward to learning continuously from all of you in this course community.

Hi Jess, I realise you taking this course round about the same time as me. It would be great to connect and exchange notes as you go along. I am also excited to learn that you are involved in education projects. Technology, Health and Education are my areas of interest. So here's to a fruitful learning journey!

Hi Jess, I realise you taking this course round about the same time as me. It would be great to connect and exchange notes as you go along. I am also excited to learn that you are involved in education projects. Technology, Health and Education are my areas of interest. So here's to a fruitful learning journey!

HI Koffi, your work seems quite exciting! I hope this course has been rewarding towards your interests.

Hi Everyone,
My name is Neatson Nixon Sunzu joining from Tanzania. I work with Light Dream Organization (LiDO) NGO exist since 2012 in Tanzania
My goals for the course are to gain and increase depth useful knowledge on fundraising for my community and LiDO. I plan to apply the knowledge gained in a pool of fundraising my Organization undertake to assist programme and projects activities implementation.
I am most excited to learn knowing that it will increase my viability for potential fundraising work relating to my community and organization challenges curbing.

Thank you.